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Subject: Photography Forum Challenge - Jan 2013 - "All about Large Aperture"

cfulton opened this issue on Dec 31, 2012 · 115 posts
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cfulton ( ) posted Mon, 31 December 2012 at 5:53 PM · edited Mon, 25 November 2024 at 5:01 AM

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Welcome to January 2013 Photography Forum Challenge.

  • Depth of field increases with f-number. This means that photographs taken with a low f-number will tend to have subjects at one distance in focus, with the rest of the image (nearer and farther elements) out of focus.*

 

Have fun!

 

Two images per member per week.

 Image size: No larger than:

800pixels X 600pixels

and 200KB

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whaleman ( ) posted Mon, 31 December 2012 at 6:21 PM

This could be fun since I now have a 50 mm f 1.4 with very low mileage on it!

Wayne

Meisiekind ( ) posted Tue, 01 January 2013 at 12:55 AM

Fantastic challenge Clive! Love it...

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."


Elliott Erwitt

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kgb224 ( ) posted Tue, 01 January 2013 at 1:38 AM

Great idea Clive.

I will see what i can come up with.

God Bless.

auntietk ( ) posted Tue, 01 January 2013 at 2:51 AM

I love this as a challenge idea!  It's going to be a busy month here, but I'm hoping to get in a little photography time.  This challenge should be just about the right speed!  :D

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

blinkings ( ) posted Tue, 01 January 2013 at 5:52 AM · edited Tue, 01 January 2013 at 5:57 AM

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Here's a wide aperture for ya! f 2.8. Princes Pier Melbourne Australia.

kgb224 ( ) posted Tue, 01 January 2013 at 5:54 AM

Quote - Here's a wide aperture for ya! f 2.8. Princes Pier Melbourne Australia.

Good start Andrew.

Outstanding capture and upload to kick of the challenge.

God Bless.

blinkings ( ) posted Tue, 01 January 2013 at 5:57 AM

Thanks Christo.

blinkings ( ) posted Tue, 01 January 2013 at 6:04 AM · edited Tue, 01 January 2013 at 6:06 AM

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Another wide aperture! (f 2.8) Great idea Clive.

Wing of Vampire jet.

cfulton ( ) posted Tue, 01 January 2013 at 6:20 AM

Off to a flying start, Andrew?!

Thanks for for kicking the 'f'-stops away and getting the ball rolling!

Clive

kgb224 ( ) posted Tue, 01 January 2013 at 7:04 AM

Another stunning capture Andrew.

God Bless.

kgb224 ( ) posted Tue, 01 January 2013 at 10:39 AM

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I did a aetup here at work.

I found a bneverage lid of a glass bottle when walking to the control room.

As you can see in the first setup i put the lid on prestick om a top of a small cubard with natural light coming from one side through windows of the control room. Used a a4 paper as a white reflector. Used my canon 18-55mm lens. Used Manual setting on the camera.

Used the following settings as well.

Aperture - F5.6

Shutter speed - 1/16 seconds.

Iso - 100.

I trust everyone will enjoy this two uploads and that it will pass for this challenge.

God Bless.

kgb224 ( ) posted Tue, 01 January 2013 at 10:45 AM

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My second i did the same setup but facing the subject away from the natural light.

Settings as follow.

Aperture - F5.6

Shutter speed - 1/10 seconds.

Iso - 400

I also made use of a +1 close up filter as well as a piece of wite paper reflecting light on the subject.

No cropping on both the uploads.

Just resizes both the allowed sizes for the challenge.

God Bless.

Meisiekind ( ) posted Tue, 01 January 2013 at 11:11 AM

Andrew an Christo - excellent start to both of you!

I love that we share the f-stop detail etc. This way everyone can learn!

________________________________________________________________

"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."


Elliott Erwitt

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kgb224 ( ) posted Tue, 01 January 2013 at 11:21 AM

Quote - Andrew an Christo - excellent start to both of you!

I love that we share the f-stop detail etc. This way everyone can learn!

Thank you Carin.

Always a pleasure sharing the settings.

From the pro photographers i learned that for bird photography one uses a Aperture of F 8.0 to push ones shutter speed just higher then ones maximum lens size. If ones shutter speed is not correct one can still onesAperture from F8 to F4 or whatever ones maximum f stop is on ones lens. One can also adjust ones Iso say 200 400 or higher. one must just be careful of noise but luckily there is free noise reduction editing websites.Glad you enjoyed all the uploads so far.

God Bless.

girsempa ( ) posted Tue, 01 January 2013 at 10:22 PM

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Here's a picture of my sister and her husband at our New Year celebration.

Shot with Olympus OM-D E-M5 camera and Panasonic 20mm/1.7 lens. No flash used.

Aperture f/1.7

Shutter speed 1/125s

ISO 640


We do not see things as they are. ǝɹɐ ǝʍ sɐ sƃuıɥʇ ǝǝs ǝʍ
 

girsempa ( ) posted Tue, 01 January 2013 at 11:08 PM

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And here's my brother at the same occasion. But with a different lens.

Olympus OM-D E-M5 with Olympus M.Zuiko 45mm/1.8 lens.

Aperture f/2.0

Shutter speed 1/160s

ISO 1600


We do not see things as they are. ǝɹɐ ǝʍ sɐ sƃuıɥʇ ǝǝs ǝʍ
 

auntietk ( ) posted Tue, 01 January 2013 at 11:16 PM

Great shots, everybody!  This is going to be a fun challenge.  :)

 

I particularly like the shallow dof with portraiture, Geert.  Nice!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

kgb224 ( ) posted Tue, 01 January 2013 at 11:38 PM

Stunning uploads Girsempa.

God Bless.

bmac62 ( ) posted Wed, 02 January 2013 at 2:42 AM

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Just to put my toe in the water...for DOF

Here's the wing tip of a fully operational MiG-29 taken with an aperture value of f/2.8

 

Bill

"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes."
  

kgb224 ( ) posted Wed, 02 January 2013 at 2:44 AM

Graet shot Bill.

Welcome to the larger aperture challenge.

God Bless.

GARAGELAND ( ) posted Wed, 02 January 2013 at 10:40 AM · edited Wed, 02 January 2013 at 10:48 AM

Interesting challange.

kgb224 ( ) posted Wed, 02 January 2013 at 11:03 AM

Superb upload GARAGELAND.

God Bless.

Meisiekind ( ) posted Wed, 02 January 2013 at 11:12 AM

WOW - ALL fantastic examples folks!

________________________________________________________________

"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."


Elliott Erwitt

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3DGuy ( ) posted Wed, 02 January 2013 at 5:16 PM · edited Wed, 02 January 2013 at 5:18 PM

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My sons Lego (Monster Fighters)...

"The chase"

F3.2... 2.8 was just too shallow.

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
-= Glass Eye Photography =- -= My Rendo Gallery =-

kgb224 ( ) posted Wed, 02 January 2013 at 9:35 PM

3Dguy just perfect for the challenge.

God Bless.

bmac62 ( ) posted Wed, 02 January 2013 at 10:53 PM

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Just an experiment.

After being attracted by this batch of weeds I had my aperture setting at f/2.8 and focused on a spot in the middle depthwise...hence I wound up with both a blurry foreground and background.

"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes."
  

kgb224 ( ) posted Wed, 02 January 2013 at 11:00 PM

Stunning second upload Bill.

God Bless.

Meisiekind ( ) posted Thu, 03 January 2013 at 9:49 AM

Bill and 3DGuy - Fantastic examples!

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."


Elliott Erwitt

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Chipka ( ) posted Fri, 04 January 2013 at 2:44 AM

Oooh, this is one of those educational fun things I like.  I got an idea or two I'm gonna try...so far I've seen some fantastic stuff here!  That's always a good thing!

GARAGELAND ( ) posted Fri, 04 January 2013 at 10:38 AM

He/SHE did me a big favour and froze for a few seconds.

kgb224 ( ) posted Fri, 04 January 2013 at 11:09 AM

Garageland this is a beauty.

Mad about this upload.

God Bless.

3DGuy ( ) posted Fri, 04 January 2013 at 12:08 PM

Cool shot...

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
-= Glass Eye Photography =- -= My Rendo Gallery =-

TomDart ( ) posted Fri, 04 January 2013 at 11:58 PM

I am with Chipka on this..got some stuff to try.  I may take a different approach but totally approptiate.

Myel ( ) posted Sat, 05 January 2013 at 12:23 PM

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This is one of my last upload to the Photography gallery.

I think it is suitable for this challenge.

I took this shot of our artificial Christmas tree with my Nikon D90, macro lens, slow shutter speed in the dark when the lights were blinking and focusing on the star of the top of the tree with f=5.6.

M.

kgb224 ( ) posted Sat, 05 January 2013 at 12:24 PM

Superb capture Myel.

God Bless.

cfulton ( ) posted Sat, 05 January 2013 at 2:08 PM

Thanks for all the submisions - I was apprehensive about the 'technical' subject, but it looks like people are enjoying this!  Good to see some 'new' faces too!

Thanks again,

Clive

3DGuy ( ) posted Sat, 05 January 2013 at 2:33 PM · edited Sat, 05 January 2013 at 2:34 PM

F3.5

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies. - Aristotle
-= Glass Eye Photography =- -= My Rendo Gallery =-

cfulton ( ) posted Sat, 05 January 2013 at 3:47 PM

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Here is my first, on the forest floor in Tokai.

280mm lens, f/5.6.

Clive

cfulton ( ) posted Sat, 05 January 2013 at 3:55 PM

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Here is a termite on a stalk...

105mm Macro lens, f/4.5

I really like all that I am seening here!  Come one, another two for next week please!

Clive

auntietk ( ) posted Sat, 05 January 2013 at 4:44 PM

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Dang ... I stopped getting bots on this thread.  Somehow if I look but don't comment every single time I get a bot, they must think I wasn't interested.  It's kind of annoying. 

 

Anyway ... this is from yesterday morning.  One hydrangea bloom still going strong, while the rest were in their winter skeleton mode.  ... f2.8 ...

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

kgb224 ( ) posted Sat, 05 January 2013 at 10:59 PM

Outstanding capture  3dguy.

Superb captures Clive.

Wonderful capture Tara.

Amazing work by everyone.

God Bless.

kgb224 ( ) posted Sun, 06 January 2013 at 5:21 AM

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Here is my two Largest aperture uploads for the challenge that is allowed for the week.

My first Bee's behind.

A[perture  - F4.50

Shutter Speed - 1/200sec

Iso - 400

kgb224 ( ) posted Sun, 06 January 2013 at 5:27 AM

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My second.

A seed of a flower.

Aperture - F4.0

Shutter Soeed - 1/200 sec.

Iso - 400.

Blessed day and weekend.

God Bless.

helanker ( ) posted Sun, 06 January 2013 at 12:25 PM

AWWW!  I havent got bots for ages, it seems, with these many beauuutiful results. I do hope, I next week will have better time for this challenge.  

ElusiveAngel ( ) posted Mon, 07 January 2013 at 2:45 PM

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This is very nice!  I was not in this forum for ages!  It feels so good to be posting again.  So here is my first try. :)

cfulton ( ) posted Mon, 07 January 2013 at 3:00 PM

Welcome back, Colene!

Great to see that you are still 'in the swing of things!' - perfect for the challenge this month!

Clive

kgb224 ( ) posted Mon, 07 January 2013 at 10:34 PM

Welcome the challenge Colene.

A perfect upload for the challenge.

God Bless.

helanker ( ) posted Tue, 08 January 2013 at 8:47 AM

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I am not very good at understanding these settings, but here is a humble attempt from me.

cfulton ( ) posted Tue, 08 January 2013 at 9:27 AM

This works perfectly, Helle, very sweet!

ElusiveAngel ( ) posted Tue, 08 January 2013 at 9:45 AM

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Hope this one works?  I took this in the Loskop Nature Reserve.  There are crocodiles and other wild animals...

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